nvidia driver enabling in 11.04?

Ric Moore wayward4now at gmail.com
Sun Aug 7 06:28:23 UTC 2011


On Sun, 2011-08-07 at 15:56 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote: 
> On 05/08/11 18:22, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 16:03 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
> >
> >> Ah, is this telling me that you are using CRT monitor(s) and not LCD?
> >>
> >> If not, can you then please tell me the converter which you are using to
> >> get the proper display on the LCD monitors you are using?
> > I'm sure it has a name, (DVI-I) but it's just a plug that converts the
> > digital out to analog. I plug the 2nd LCD monitor into that. Works a
> > charm. I'm set for one display that spans both monitors, in twinview
> > mode. You set that with nVidia X Server setup and then, using KDE, I use
> > it's screen set up tool to agree with the X server setup and it "just
> > works". But, I had to use the nVidia util first so I could write my
> > xorg.conf file. Ric
> 
> 
> Right.
> 
> So both LCD monitors are using the analog signal and not the digital signal.

You hit the nail on the proverbial head. Both analog. It's sweet. I hope
to run 4 displays before long. :) Ric

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